Wasps want rematch after substitution mistake

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LONDON WASPS are considering what would be an unprecedented appeal to the RFU to have the result of the match against Harlequins overturned and the game replayed. The club is taking legal advice in what would be a ground-breaking test case for the sport, because they are convinced that the laws of the game were broken when David Pearson, the referee, allowed Harlequins to substitute their hooker illegally in their league match at the Stoop on September 13.

Wasps’ original appeal against the result was rejected yesterday by the board of England Rugby, which ruled that Premiership regulations had not